Dr Hilary Guite
drhfg.bsky.social
Dr Hilary Guite
@drhfg.bsky.social
Medic, epidemiology nerd, podcaster, producer, presenter. Covid informed and therefore still trying to stay Covid safe.
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💙 Please can you do one small thing for me this Sunday.

Please spare a minute to sign this ⬇️ petition.

And then please try to find at least one more person to sign it - maybe a partner or friend?

Together, we can get it to at least 10K signatures!

✍🏻 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Three days left to make someone’s day by nominating them for an All in the Mind Award for supporting you through a mental health issue. Do nominate groups or individuals or professionals by going to this link. www.bbc.co.uk/allinthemindawards. Closes at 1pm on Jan 8th 2025
January 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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There will likely be another airborne pandemic within decades. (Possibly much sooner with avian flu). If you want to avoid the binary choice between "close down schools / lockdown" and "let everyone get infected" then sign this for govt to prepare now.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...
petition.parliament.uk
November 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Dr Hilary Guite
MHRA finally approved the updated Novavax (JN.1) formulation for use in the UK yesterday.

HOWEVER…

Novavax have confirmed that this vaccine will *NOT* be available in the private market for purchase or distribution for the Autumn 2024 OR Spring 2025 season in Great Britain.

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November 16, 2024 at 5:37 PM